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I just bought a few pails of the 2007 Cab from Midwest. Is MLF necessary. I have never done MLF on any of my wines all of which have been made with fresh juice pails. thanks, bryan

It was not a kit. It was fresh juice. I added the fermax on the advice of the person at the wine shop. Said it would be good for yeast fermenting Bryan

<DIV =postcolor id=post-385289>Hello, I pitched the yeast for my reisling (6 gallons)yesterday and today I added fermax yeast nutrient. I mixed 5 teaspoons with a little water and juice then put it into the juice. I was about to clean the cup I used and noticed a heavy smell of ammonia from...

I used 1 campden tablet per gallon crushed and dissolved. I cold stabilized and degassed but did not use any clearing agent. I was hoping with age it would clear on its own. What clearing agent would you recommend? Bryan

Hello, I have 3-5 gallon carboys of pinot grigio aging and I tasted it yesterday and it was very harsh. It almost felt like a burning on the back of your throat when you swallowed it. It didn't have a very clean crisp taste. It doesn't taste spoiled or oxidized. I started the pinot grigio in...

The starting SG was 1.090 and one ended at .990 and the other two ended at .996 Bryan

Hello, This is the first time making wine. I started with a bang in Sept I started with 3-5 gallon juice pails of Pinot Grigio Regina Juice not a kit on Sept. 23 Went through the intial fermentation then racked to carboys on Oct 2 Made sure it was topped up and put on an airlock with...

Hello, Yes the SG was .997 in December then I checked before I was going to rack last week and it was the same. I think it has stopped fermenting. thanks, Bryan

Hello, I have been reading about MLF and was wondering what are the advantages to induce MLF or allow it to happen by its self or not at all. I started 3-5 gallon car boys of merlot 3-5 gallon car boys of Pinot Grigio 1-5 gallon car boy grenache All started with juice in September...

Hello, I am going to start to cold stabilize my Pinot Grigio. I started it in mid Sept and racked it from primary to secondary 10 days later, then 4 weeks later I racked and put in campden tablets into a clean carboy. It has been that way for almost 4 weeks. My question is should I rack it...

Hello, I was thinking of blending some of my merlot with some of my grenache. I was wondering when do you blend it? Do you blend them and put it back in a carboy to age or do you blend at bottling. Or do you blend them before you add in yeast for the primary? I want to blend a total of...

Hello, I am new to the wine making and was wondering whatbulk aging means? Also, when should campden tablets be used? My first batch I am trying to makeis 15gallons merlot and 15 gallons pinot grigio from fresh juice. I just did the first racking. Thanks Bryan

Hello, I am a first time wine maker. I am trying to make a merlot and a pinot grigio. I started the fermentation stage 9 days ago. I keep the buckets in my basement which is between 67-70 degrees. I never took a hydrometer reading when I started but wanted to see if it was time for my first...